Tuesday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: UGA visits Camp Sunshine; Braves Report (well, no shutout, but good other readables); GMC soccer signings; United, Falcons and more

Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

Georgia, Smart make yearly visit to Camp Sunshine

Kirby Smart addresses the campers here at Camp Sunshine, a place where his brother was heavily involved. #UGA #Dawgs pic.twitter.com/YxZGaDgpD1

— Griffin Callaghan (@griffcallaghan) June 18, 2019

“I missed you last year and now I can’t stop smiling” @FrommJake #CampSunshine ☀️ pic.twitter.com/yGQXcCBHrm

— 11Alive Sports (@11AliveSports) June 18, 2019

Macon rolls past Lexington County for the second straight time

          A delayed start because of weather didn’t slow down Macon, which scored two runs in each of the first two innings and maintained control for a 9-1 win over Lexington County in Coastal Plain action.

          Jared Miller led the way with a 4-for-5 night from the second spot in the lineup, Brandon Ashy adding two hits from the ninth spot and Roury Glanton two from cleanup. Miller had three RBI, Cory Bivins (GMC) and Calvin Estrada two RBI each.

          Josh Farmer, a rising sophomore at Mercer, went five innings and gave up a run on four hits, with 10 strikeouts and a walk to get his first win in his second game.

          Macon, which put it away with three in the eighth, is at Florence on Wednesday and hosts Florence on Thursday.

          Middle Georgia State’s Rookard had a cycle night on Monday for Macon.

SUPER CYCLE! 🦸‍♂️

MJ Rookard of the @GoMaconBacon captured a cycle in only four at-bats last night. He then followed that up with a walk in each of his final two at-bats. He also scored six runs on the night. 😲 pic.twitter.com/DHWENeKQZS

— Coastal Plain League (@CPLBaseball) June 18, 2019

Braves Report

          The O of the past week mostly stayed in the history books, Atlanta managing all of five hits in falling 10-2 to the New York Mets.

          The Braves avoided being shut out for the first time since falling 9-0 on May 7 to the Dodgers on the road, getting one-out back-to-back solo homers in the bottom of the ninth from Freddie Freeman and Josh Donaldson.

          The nonexistent offense came after a stretch of at least five runs in nine straight games, and a 27-4 winning margin in their last two games.

          St. Louis handed Atlanta its worst loss of the year by margin, the Cards winning 14-3 on May 14.

          Jacob deGrom nearly threw a rare complete-game shutout, but Freeman broke the shutout with a powerful solo home. DeGrom had three career complete games, but only one shutout, in 2016. Donaldson followed with a homer, his second hit of the game and 13th of the season.

Julio Teheran had the rare rough outing.

          It was the most runs scored by an opponent since Washington’s 14-4 win on May 29. 

Box

Next: Wednesday, vs. NY Mets, MLBN/FSSE; Friday, at Washington, 7:05 p.m., FSSO; Saturday, at Washington, 7:15 p.m., FOX; Sunday, at Washington, 1:35 p.m., FSSO; Monday, at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m., FSSE; Tuesday, at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m., FSSE

McCann raves about lineup

Which includes Acuna’s power up top

Gausman headed south for rehab work

Don’t look now, but who’s the best in the East?

All-star ballot update

Around/About Central Georgia

Signings galore from GMC JC men’s soccer

Around/About Georgia

Atlanta tops Columbus, advances to Open Cup quarters

Confidence growing on Julio’s contract situation  

Veteran high school football coach Herron retires

Columbus State has a new women’s basketball coach

Georgia DB reaches plea for altercation arrest